Pengalaman Pertama Mengikuti Tes IELTS

IELTS Examination Room~

Selama masa persiapan untuk mengikuti tes IELTS, saya menyempatkan diri untuk browsing mengenai pengalaman orang-orang lain ketika mengikuti tes IELTS. Sayangnya, berbagai pengalaman yang diceritakan orang dalam blognya kebanyakan lebih fokus terhadap apa yang mereka lakukan sebelum mengikuti tes dan apa yang terjadi setelah tes. Padahal yang saya sangat ingin ketahui adalah apa yang terjadi selama tes IELTS berlangsung, atau dengan kata lain dari awal hingga akhir dari tes IELTS. Untuk itu, saya menuliskan artikel blog ini untuk berbagi pengalaman saya ketika pertama kali mengikuti tes IELTS, apa saja persiapan saya dan apa yang saya alami ketika tes IELTS.

22 January Man

I've had this written down for quite some time actually. It wasn't supposed to have a title, I suck at title making for my poems, but I thought this one needs a title to catch a particular individual's attention. Whether or not I managed to get his attention, I felt really good after writing this down.

Enjoy.

22 January Man

No need to wonder where it all began
It started when I knew
You're a 22nd January man
And you never did have a clue

Back then your brows furrowed
Smiles are precious 
Laughs rarely followed
But you were never pretentious

Now you're clutching your camera
Taking picture perfect moments
Each one a panorama
Without ever losing focus

Time flies and I know
You're there and I'm here
And it's too late to show
But every once in a year

You and I will be...
On the 22nd January.

Adlin's Birthday Present: No Title

Dear Adlin,

I wish I could've written something better. Happy Birthday! 

P.S: I like when my poems rhyme. 
P.S.S: For your next birthday, I'll write a better poem, sing it, and play 'Happy Birthday' on the violin for you. Look forward to it. *Kedip-kedipin mata*

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NO TITLE 

The horizon embraces you
with its many secrets
Always calling, never stopping
to make you travel

Sunset, and you're on another avenue
On your way to make more portraits
of calming seas, and perhaps while writing...'The Never-Ending' (story)
in a place where it is peaceful

Let the soul and the physique travel as one
Over mountains, over valleys
Through jungles and picturesque estuaries
To find that one (of several) truth

That whenever or wherever you go, home is where the heart is.

ELSP Program - Third Meeting

Hello everyone!

I'm very sorry we were not able to meet at American Corner for our third meeting. I was afraid to go to campus because of the demonstrations you see, and I'm quite sure you wouldn't want to risk yourselves too ٩(-̮̮̃-̃)۶

So anyway, just try to imagine that we are having our class now. And you know my first question before we start our class... how is your reading going? Has your 'reading stamina' improved? Please let me now by commenting on this post or the link to this post on Facebook. I hope that the 'seed' we had planted at the very beginning of our class had started to grow into a sprout, as a result of your hard work!

Book Review - Stephen King's 'Lisey's Story'

Title: Lisey's Story
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Pocket Books
Year Published: 2007
Category: Fiction - Psychological Thriller Fantasy Romance (kekeke)
Number of pages: 653
Stars: ★★★★✰

This has been King's sixth work that I've read, and it's just as fabulous as the others. There are two reasons that I did not give it five stars. First was because it took me more than twenty pages to get into it, unlike his other works which got me hooked on the first page. Second was it took me a whole week to read it. There were quite a few times where I had to reread a few pages to understand certain events of the story, there were so many flashbacks. But all in all, it was yet another masterpiece.